Expansion of the Universe confirmed

Hubble Space Telescope astronomers announce a reliable age for the universe, calculated to be 13-14 billion years old, from a very precise measurement of the expansion rate.

Further info :

NASA - Origins
http://eis.jpl.nasa.gov/origins/library/story/042402-a.html

NASA - Press Release 1996
"Hubble Space Telescope on Track for Measuring the Expansion Rate of the Universe"
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/HST/PR/96-21.html

NASA - Hubble site - http://hubble.stsci.edu/